Going to Barcelona just to ignore Lionel Messi

Last week I was sitting at home watching Rangers FC of Glasgow play Sporting Braga of Portugal in the Europa League, marveling at the goal scored by the Scottish team’s newest signing, IanisHagi. It was the start of the classic comeback  — from 0-2 down to a 3-2 victory in front of a manic, eventually joyous crowd. It also had me purring at the memory of watching Hagi’ssublime father, Georghe, play for Galatasaray Istanbul against Grasshopper of Zürich in the Champions League several years ago. Right in front of my seat close to the touchline,Hagi ghosted past an opponent with an apparently miraculous feint I’m still struggling to comprehend over two decades later.